Etymology

leucoagglutinin

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Today it means: An antigenic glycoprotein that causes agglutination of white blood cells Full definition →

English agglutinin ← Latin agglūtinātu ← Proto-Italic *gloiten
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*lewk-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lewkós
  3. Proto-Hellenic*leukós
  4. Ancient Greekλευκός (leukós)
  5. Englishleuco-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  7. Proto-Italic*ad
  8. Proto-Italic*ad-
  9. Latinad-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*gleyH-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*glóh₁ytn̥
  12. Proto-Italic*gloiten
  13. Latinglūten
  14. Latinglūtinō
  15. Latinagglūtinō
  16. Latinagglūtinātu
  17. Englishagglutinate
  18. Englishagglutinin
  19. English todayleucoagglutinin

From leuco- + agglutinin.

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